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Acusilaus of Argos’ Rhapsody in Prose

Introduction, Text, and Commentary
By:Ilaria Andolfi
Publisher:De Gruyter
Print ISBN:9783110616958
eText ISBN:9783110617030
Edition:1
Copyright:2019
Format:Reflowable

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This volume is a full-scale commentary on the extant fragments of Acusilaus of Argos, commonly regarded as one of the earliest Greek mythographers (VI-V cent. BCE). To encapsulate his contribution to archaic literature, his book on Genealogies is described as a "Rhapsody in Prose", that foregrounds especially the exegetical nature of his book, which rewrote the most ancient past on the basis of the most authoritative epic poems.